Comments on: And of course dogs are colorblind, which is an entirely separate matter…

By: paperboy

paperboy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:45:05 +0000

Morris Keesan#26- Yes, it’s possible he got better, but I’ll bet you euros to yo-yos he has an assistant to finish his break-downs.

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:57:45 +0000

Continuing on the art in comics - I have been reading “The Comics Before 1945″ by Brian Walker (there’s another book sfter 1945) and there are numerous examples in ther of the changes in style in a comic drawn by the same artist. Dick Tracy is one example. When Chester Gould started drawing him he had a long narrow face with fewer sharp edges. As time went on his face got shorter and wider an his chin got very pointy. Other examples are Little Orphan Annie and Blondie. Most comics go through growing pains as the artists mature. Trudeau is famous for growing in his trade.

By: Morris Keesan

Morris Keesan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:05:30 +0000

Paperboy, Trudeau’s early strips only show that he didn’t have much drawing talent when he started. Neither did Scott Adams. They both got better gradually, as you can see if you look at the first few years of Doonesbury and Dilbert, and watch the progression to better art.

By: Paperboy

Paperboy — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:57:58 +0000

Patrick#15- I mean this seriously and not snottily: where did you get your information? ( and do you REALLY think Trudeau is drawing the strip these days? Look at the early strips; that guy has no drawing talent)

By: aoeu

aoeu — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:58:39 +0000

Both dogs and cats have dichromate vision which allows them to easily differentiate between blue and yellow. They exhibit blue-green colourblindness like that found in humans.

And no, I don’t get it.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 19:45:24 +0000

Not to get too picky but, as written, you didn’t “suspect that most comics aren’t drawn each day.” Rather, you suspected the bubble-like things were “due to the FACT that MOST comics are compiled … .” There’s a big difference.

But, I’ll accept that you meant to say the former.

And Dysfunctional, I may have erred by assuming we were talking about print strips (such as Mother G and G). Cutting and pasting is probably more common in online strips.

By: Paperboy

Paperboy — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:55:47 +0000

Patrick#15- Note I said “I suspect…”.

By: Elyrest

Elyrest — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:55:31 +0000

Judge Mental (20) - Thanks for including the link to the Emo Philips joke. I actually heard him tell that joke many years ago. It’s still funny. Life so often is all about inclusion and exclusion.

By: Judge Mental

Judge Mental — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:24:19 +0000

While “yellow dog and blue dog” may indeed have been used as a wink to particular groups of Democrats, I don’t they the colors are germane to the joke. While Mother Goose and Grim isn’t above controversey (Juan Valdez incident) or using political figures (Fidel Castro), I don’t recall political commentary being a staple of the strip.

As paperboy (4) and Mark (7) suggested, this is just a take off on the “its a black thing, you wouldn’t understand”. As far as why it isn’t “just a dog thing”, I think that is the joke. Its not enough to be a “specist”, the characters feel compelled to break down into specific groups. It is along the lines of the old Emo Philips joke:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2005/sep/29/comedy.religion

By: Kevin A

Kevin A — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:00:55 +0000

This was a Sunday strip.